Girl · Old Slavic
Czesława
Say it: cheh-SWAH-vah
Meaning
Feminine of Czesław, from Slavic czcić/čьstь 'honour' and sława 'glory'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Common among Polish women born before the 1950s, now rare.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 45 babies given this name since 1915
- At its height in 1915, about 1 in 75,700 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| Czech | Česlava |
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Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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